James "Jim" Quar McPherson, (13 April 1891 in

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

, Scotland – 12 August 1960 in

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, England) was a Scottish

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trainer and manager.

Career

1919–1920: Start in the Netherlands - Olympics with Norway - Wales

McPherson took up his first position as chief coach in December 1919 at the Dutch club Vitesse in

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, where the former player and president of

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Willem Hesselink Willem Frederik Hesselink (8 February 1878 – 1 December 1973) was a Dutch football player and one of the founders of local club Vitesse Arnhem in 1892. He was known for his blue woolen cap, which he seemed to wear day and night, and was nickna ...

was then president. The club played in the eastern group of the first division. In March 1922, when relegation was avoided thanks to a 4–1 victory over PW from

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, a club named after the extraordinarily graceful Princess Wilhelmina, he was honored with a wreath. He then left the club. His successor was the former coach of Bayern, Charles Griffiths, under whom the club was relegated in 1922.

1924–1929: FC Bayern - VfB Leipzig and HRC in Holland

In April of 1928 he was again in the Netherlands, this time as the successor of the Englishman Herbert "John" Leavey as coach of second division Heldersche Racing Club, usually abbreviated to "HRC", in

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. In the 1928–29 season he finished second behind

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. He was succeeded in 1929 by another former English professional James Moore, who opted to become a greengrocer after only one year.Duncan Holley, Gary Chalk: ''The Alphabet of the Saints''. ACL & Polar Publishing. 1992, p. 246–247.

References

External links

* Iain Campbell Whittle:
The "Killy" McPhersons & Watt
', Scots Football Worldwide * Alex Jackson:
‘That Prince of Speed Raisers’: James Q. McPherson And Former Pedestrians as Association Football Trainers in the 1900s
', Playing Pasts, 21 May 2020
James McPherson
biographical information on Olympedia {{DEFAULTSORT:McPherson, James Newcastle United F.C. non-playing staff Sportspeople from Kilmarnock Sportspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne Scottish expatriate football managers Norway national football team managers English Football League managers Olympic coaches for Norway SBV Vitesse managers FC Bayern Munich managers Merthyr Town F.C. managers 1891 births 1960 deaths Anglo-Scots Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Association football coaches Scottish football managers Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands Expatriate football managers in Germany Expatriate football managers in Norway

Career

1919–1920: Start in the Netherlands - Olympics with Norway - Wales

1924–1929: FC Bayern - VfB Leipzig and HRC in Holland

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